Asset management
SFIA 3: Definition
The management of the inventory of IT assets (hardware, software, network and user knowledge) held within an organisation, aiming to optimise the total cost of ownership, by minimising operating costs, improving investment decisions and capitalising on potential opportunities.
Extra levels
Posted by
JohnCKirk
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2008-06-06 05:14 PM
I think there should be lower levels available for this skill. For instance, if someone sets up a new PC, they should add it to the database, but that's not a level 5 skill; I'd put it at level 2.
Service Asset & Configuration Management
Posted by
bpscotty
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2008-08-17 09:16 PM
Process and tool evolution continue to bring Asset management closer to configuration management and certainly pull it formally into Service Management. As most of the sub skills in Resource Management are people orientated and Asset Management is more product focused ( although people can be viewed as assets) it seems more apt to move asset management to a direct skill under Procurement & management support. But if we move SFIA 4 more in-line with ITIL V3 it would reside within Service Transition - closely aligned with configuration management. I see it remaining as a seperate skill to configuration though as it does demand that the practitioners seek out value whereas configuration is seeking trust.
New Definition
Posted by
bpscotty
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2008-08-17 09:29 PM
old - The management of the inventory of IT assets (hardware, software, network and user knowledge) held within an organisation, aiming to optimise the total cost of ownership, by minimising operating costs, improving investment decisions and capitalising on potential opportunities.
New - The management of the lifecycle for Service Assets (hardware, software, knowledge, warranties etc)including inventory, compliance, usage and disposal, aiming to optimise the total cost of ownership, by minimising operating costs, improving investment decisions and capitalising on potential opportunities. Knowledge and use of international standards such as ISO / IEC 19770-1 for software asset management and close integration with Change and Configuration Management are examples of enhanced asset management development.
New - The management of the lifecycle for Service Assets (hardware, software, knowledge, warranties etc)including inventory, compliance, usage and disposal, aiming to optimise the total cost of ownership, by minimising operating costs, improving investment decisions and capitalising on potential opportunities. Knowledge and use of international standards such as ISO / IEC 19770-1 for software asset management and close integration with Change and Configuration Management are examples of enhanced asset management development.
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